2023 Lineup / Montgomery Theater Stage

The Montgomery Theater is located inside San Jose’s WPA-era Civic Auditorium complex, just steps from the Main Stage and Blues/Big Easy Stage at Plaza de César Chavez’s south end. You’ll need an All Stages or higher wristband to enter, and Priority Access and above ticket holders have first-in entry.

The Bad Plus

Fri, Aug 11 @ 7pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals. For the past two decades they have played with spirit and adventure, making their own rules with a bold sense of creativity and a refusal to conform to convention. The Bad Plus has won critical acclaim and a legion of fans worldwide with their unique sound and flair for live performance.

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The Bad Plus

Fri, Aug 11 @ 7pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Billy Childs

Fri, Aug 11 @ 9pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Guggenheim grant-awarded Billy Childs is a piano prodigy with a gift for composition, with an astounding 16 Grammy Award nominations and 5 Grammy Award wins. Widely regarded as one of the foremost American composers of fusion jazz and chamber music, he is a technical wizard who continues to innovate harmonically and rhythmically.

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Billy Childs

Fri, Aug 11 @ 9pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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VibraSÓN

Sat, Aug 12 @ 2:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

VibraSÓN brings traditional sounds of Latin music together with modern rhythms, soulful vocals and adventurous solos. The members of VibraSÓN have a richness and depth of experience in the many forms of Latin jazz, highlighted in this Montgomery Theater Stage set.

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VibraSÓN

Sat, Aug 12 @ 2:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Luca Stricagnoli

Sat, Aug 12 @ 4:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Luca Stricagnoli is a rare acoustic guitarist with music videos exceeding 100 million views online and bookings in every corner of the globe. Using up to five guitars in the same piece, Luca continually leaves his audiences in awe and wondering what’s next.

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Luca Stricagnoli

Sat, Aug 12 @ 4:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Halie Loren

Sat, Aug 12 @ 6:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Halie Loren is an international, award-winning jazz singer and songwriter. Raised in Alaska and currently based in Oregon, she brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences in North America, Asia, and Europe.

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Halie Loren

Sat, Aug 12 @ 6:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Grace Kelly

Sat, Aug 12 @ 8:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

An unequivocal musical prodigy, singer/saxophonist/songwriter and bandleader Grace Kelly has rocked the jazz world with sold-out concerts, 14 acclaimed albums, a performance at the Hollywood Bowl and a stint in the house band for Late Show with Stephen Colbert—all before reaching her mid-twenties.

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Grace Kelly

Sat, Aug 12 @ 8:30pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Yakiv Tsvietinskyi & the SJZ Collective Play the Music of Freddie Hubbard

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

SJZ Collective, composed of some of the Bay Area’s most prominent jazz voices, join forces with Ukrainian trumpeter Yakiv Tsvietinskyi to pay tribute to Freddie Hubbard. Since all band members double as composers and arrangers, count on a night of thoughtfully re-imagined material from the catalog of a boundary-breaking modern jazz heavyweight gone too soon.

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Yakiv Tsvietinskyi & the SJZ Collective Play the Music of Freddie Hubbard

Sun, Aug 13 @ 1pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Ronit Widmann-Levy

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Ronit Widmann-Levy combines her opera background with piano from William Susman and the classical guitar of Yuri Liberzon to produce a spine-tingling performance. Having performed at renowned festivals and symphonies the world over, they appear at Summer Fest to present a Spanish recital of traditional Ladino romansa pieces written by Manuel de Falla, Rodrigo and Lorca.

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Ronit Widmann-Levy

Sun, Aug 13 @ 3pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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Shayna Steele

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Montgomery Theater Stage

Shayna Steele’s new album Gold Dust was created in the wake of the pandemic, a breakthrough 20 years in the making. In 10 tracks, she absorbs the darkness of isolation and illuminates the air with her brilliant voice and emotion–setting a new gold standard for jazz and soul.

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Shayna Steele

Sun, Aug 13 @ 5pm
Montgomery Theater Stage
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